Alleged SF gang members, ‘Demon’ and ‘Clumsy,’ charged with 2023 murder: DOJ

(KRON) –  Two men out of San Francisco were indicted by a federal grand jury for racketeering conspiracy and their role in a 2023 murder case, the office of U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey announced Thursday. 

According to their indictment, Amador, aka “Demon,” 28, and Alvarez, aka “Clumsy” or “Lalo,” 36, allegedly conducted the affairs of a racketeering group dubbed “the 19th Street /16th Street Sureños.” This Sureños group is described as a single enterprise that resulted from the association of two gangs. 

One gang, according to the indictment,  claimed “territory” bounded by 19th Street to the south, 16th Street to the north, Folsom Street to the east, and Dolores Street to the west, and included Dolores Park and Franklin Square Park (also known as Bryant Park). 

The other gang claimed “territory” centered around 16th Street and Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, the indictment alleges. 

The indictment alleges that these gangs engaged in “among other conduct, murder, narcotics distribution, assault, robbery, and other violent crimes in order to preserve and protect its power, territory, reputation, and profits.” 

It is further alleged that on Oct. 7, 2023, Amador and Alvarez murdered an unidentified victim who was in territory claimed by the gang. According to the indictment, on that same day, Alvarez - a convicted felon – possessed a semiautomatic handgun. 

Alvarez made his initial appearance in federal court in San Francisco earlier this week, and Amador made his initial appearance on Thursday. Both are detained pending further proceedings before the U.S. Magistrate. 

If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum life sentence in prison and a fine of $250,000, plus restitution if appropriate, the U.S. attorney’s office wrote.